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American Dream

7.319901h 38mPG-13MovieDocumentary

When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work…

DirectorBarbara Kopple
ProducersArthur Cohn·Barbara Kopple

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